Banks's first critically acclaimed novel, Continental Drift (1985), is considered by many to be his most approachable novel. It is the story of Bob Dubois, who wants to create a better life for himself. In telling the story, Banks demonstrates how individual lives are deeply affected by unseen forces, such as the drifting of the continents.
Pete Dexter's National Book Award-winning Paris Trout (1988) is the tragic story of the murder of a fourteen-year-old African-American girl in a small southern town. Dexter shows how this horrifying event affects the.....
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